Life-guard for tram-cars and other vehicles.



W., T. W. H. & P. G. PHILIPSON. LIFE GUARD FOR TRAM GARS AND OTHER VEHICLES.

APPLICATION FILED APR.25. 1913.

1,068,363. Patented July 22, 1913.

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sraarns rrrnu rr WILLIAM PI-IILIIPSON, THOMAS WHI'ITLE I-IOPWOOD PHILIPSON, AND PERCY CLARKSON PHILIPSON, OF BOLTON, ENGLAND.

LIFE-GUARD FOR TEAM-CARS AND OTHER VEHICLES.

To all whom may concern: p

Be it known that we, WILLIAM PHILrPsoN, THOMAS VHITTLE Horwoon FHiLIrsoN, and Pnncr CLARKsoN PHiLirsoN, subjects of the King of Great- Britain, and residents of Holland Street llVorks, Astley Bridge, Bolton, in the county of Lancaster, England, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Life-Guards for Tram-Cars and other Vehicles, of which the following description, together with the accompanying sheet of drawings, is a specification.

This invention relates to those guards which are mounted at the sides of the vehicle, generally in combination with life guards of the gate or cradle type.

It is well known that a cert-ain space intervenes between the front gate or trigger and the cage, cradle or receptacle mounted behind the same for gathering or receiving any obstruction which strikes the front gate, and the guards forming the subject of this present invention are employed to guard such spaces and prevent any person from falling at this part beneath the vehicle. In many forms of cars where the body thereof becomes lowered through the wearing of the wheels or through other reasons, these side guards occupy a position closer to the ground than is desirable, and in many cases where the body of the tra-mear oscillates to a great extent these side guards come into contact with the ground and are thereby damaged.

Our present invention consists in so constructing vthese guards or parts thereof that should they strike the ground they are enabled to rise or move on their bearings so as to prevent any damage being done thereto.

In the accompanying sheet of drawings which are illustra-tive of our said invention: Figure 1 is a side elevation of a portion of a tramcar having our improvements applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a similar view to Fig. l but shows certain portions of the guard in diierent relative positions. Fig. 3 is also a similar view to Fig. l and shows the parts in further diiierent relative positions. Fig. 4 is an end elevation of certain of the parts illustrated by Fig. 1.

Similar letters and figures of reference indicate like parts throughout the several views. v

The type of life guard to which this in- Speccaton of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 25, 1913.

Patented July 22, 1913.

Serial No. 763,630.

vention relates is that wherein a front gate or trigger l is employed, working through suitable connections, in conjunction with the cage or recept-acle 2 as shown in dotted lines by Fig. l, these parts forming no portion whatever of our said invention. Fulcrumed at 3, l in bearings 5, 6, at any suitable position on the body ot' the car A are downwardly extending levers 7, 8, and upon these levers are mounted loosely on pins 9, one, two or more laths or cross bars 10. The lowest bar l2 however we mount upon strips, levers or links 13, 14 which are provided with slots l5, 1G slidable upon pins or studs 17, 18, fixed upon the downwardl extending levers 7 and 8, so that should this lower bar or rod l2 come into contact with the ground or track it will be enabled to move upwardly into the posit-ion shown by Fig. 2, thus avoiding any damage that would otherwise be caused by the oscillations of the car. Should the lower front' part ot' the guard come into contact with any obstruction in the ordinary way this lowermost bar or rail will move into the position shown by Fig. 2, and afterward the whole guard and its levers 7, 8, will move on the ulcrums of these latter in the usual manner as shown by Fig. 3, in order to pass over said obstruction or body to enable it to be gathered or picked up by the cradle 2.

A lever 21 is employed in connection with our improved guard, this part being for contacting with any obstruction or body lying in the path of motion of said guard. It is pivoted upon one of the laths 10, so that it will move the other lath into the position shown by Fig. 8. It is provided with a smooth front surface so as not to injure any person with whom it may come into contact.

In the accompanying drawings it will be seen that our improved gate is shown in connection with only one side of a tramcar; however, it will readily be understood that we employ these side guards on one or both sides of the vehicle, both at the front and rear parts oit same or other desired part.

We claim l. In a guard for tramca-rs and other vehicles, a fender comprising normally vertical bars pivoted to the car, normally horizontal bars crossing the vertical bars and pivoted thereto at the intersections, auxiliary strips secured to and slidable longitudinally of the vertical bars and an auxiliary horizontal bar pivotecl to the Sliclable In testimony whereof We have hereunto strips. affixed our signatures in presence of two 2. In a puarcl for traincars and other vewitnesses. n hioles, Vertical bars pivoted to the car, horii ,K WILLIAM PHILIPSON. 5 y PERCY CLARKSON PHILIPSON.

by and movable longitudinally of the Vertical bars, and a lever pivotecl to one of the VitnesSes:

horizontal bars and slidably movable rela- JOI-IN XV. VHITEHEAD, l0 tive to the other bars. JOHN VILLIAM THOMAS.

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